BENEDICT'S
2632 BAYSHORE BLVD, DUNEDIN, FL 34698
License #6217362
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Failing Health Score
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BENEDICT'S in DUNEDIN currently holds an InspectFL Health Score of 56 out of 100 — an F grade — a serious pattern of repeat or critical violations. This restaurant has one inspection on record from Florida DBPR, with the most recent inspection on August 12, 2026. Across those visits, inspectors documented 30 total violations — 5 critical, 4 major, 21 minor.
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The latest inspection on August 12, 2026 shows 30 observation rows: 5 critical, 4 major, and 21 minor.
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Inspection History
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- Disposition: Inspection Completed - No Further Action
- [23-03-4] Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Grate of soda machine rusted.
- [24-05-4] Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. Ice buckets not inverted in waitstation. Operator inverted buckets.
- [22-20-5] Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Interior of ice machine soiled with mold like substance
- [12A-25-4] Employee touched face/hair and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee put on hair net and then moved to prepare food no hand wash.
- [13-03-4] Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Employee not wearing hair restraint on cook line. Operator had employee add hair restraint.
- [14-09-4] Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Grooved cutting boards on cook line.
- [14-11-5] Equipment in poor repair. Reach in coolers under stoves in disrepair
- [14-38-4] Food storage container/container lid cracked or broken. Cracked plastic contains and lids stored in ware washing area.
- [14-17-4] Walk-in cooler/freezer shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. Shelves of walk in cooler rusted,
- [12B-13-4] Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. Employee beverage in cooler next to customer food. Operator moved beverage.
- [31B-02-4] No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. No paper towels at hand sink near cook line. Operator added paper towels
- [36-17-5] Floor tiles missing and/or in disrepair. Floor tile missing in walk in cooler.
- [36-27-5] Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Lower walls soiled in kitchen
- [40-06-5] Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee items stored on shelf above food in wait station and kitchen. Operator moved items.
- [41-17-4] Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Spray bottle of degreaser stored in ware washing area.
- [03F-02-5] Time/temperature control for safety food identified in the written procedure as a food held using time as a public health control has no time marking and the time removed from temperature control cannot be determined. Operator added time mark to items missing it.
- [02D-01-5] Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Squeeze bottles of oil and water unlabeled on cook line.
- [12A-27-4] Employee cracked raw shell eggs and then handled ready-to-eat food and/or clean equipment or utensils without washing hands. Employee cracked shell eggs and touched clean bowl no handwash.
- [08B-49-4] Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Employee food stored next to food for customers.operator moved food.
- [38-04-4] Ten (10) foot-candles of light at least 30 inches from floor not provided in walk-in cooler. Need flashlight to identify food in walk in cooler.
- [31A-11-4] Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Handwash sink in wait station used to store strainer. Operator moved strainer. Employee beverage stored at hand wash sink. Operator moved beverage.
- [13-07-4] Employee wearing jewelry other than a plain ring on their hands/arms while preparing food. Employee wearing wrists watch in kitchen. Operator had employee remove watch.
- [14-05-4] Cardboard used to line food-contact shelves. Cardboard lining top of shelf where bread is stored. Operator removed cardboard.
- [22-02-4] Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting boards soiled, interior of soda nozzles soiled, can opener soiled
- [14-69-4] Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. Ice buildup on window on door of walk in freezer.
- [35A-02-7] Live, small flying insects found 1 live fly in wait station.
- [16-48-4] Old food stuck to clean dishware/utensils. Old food in plastic container in ware washing area.
- [41-15-5] Wiping cloth solution exceeding the maximum concentration allowed stored in a location that could result in the cross contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens, single-service, or single-use articles. Measured at 500ppm. Operator remade at 100ppm.
- [50-09-4] Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. Expired license displayed
- [24-08-4] Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Wet nesting containers in ware washing area.
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